Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-29
EAMnIAR TALKS NO. 81
lwHTrTHN voR THE Posr-MTKLLIoKNoKR
BY T. MEEKER.

WHITES RoB THE PosT-nTKLLIoFNoKR.l
thought before this 10 be able 10
give very definite figures as TO the
} working Of the new ereamer with deep
cans submerged, as compared with
shallow pans. Alter weighing milk
close for week, out goes sixty gallons
OF cream upon the ground by the care
iessness or stupidity OF new man,
and our account Is all broken up and
We must begin anew. When that hot
day came, Immediately after the
, weather cleared up" ga in the
shsdel then We experienced the bene.
o. We slipped few chunks of ice
into the tank, and the water did not
20 above s. degrees. and most Of the
time was down 90 81. At So degrees
We can get the cream substantially all
upin twelve hours, but that does not
give time TO make the change-draw
OF the milk, wash the cans and refill
hem-so | do not think il is best 20
|. expect to use the same can twice each
q hours
Fred said there was less cream when
: the milk was twenty-tour hours old
than when but twelve hours Old. Eight
cans showed So spaces Of cream when
|. u hours old; when p hours old there
we're but 5SlS. In the next test seven
cans az u hours showed ISl. spaces.
| while at - hours there were but a.
We repeated this a number Of times.
invariably with the same result. Either
the cream shrinks by age. or else some
Il settles after standing. The only
way to determine that for certain Is To
ehurn the cream and weigh the butter
am settled in the belief that IL is folly
70 Keep the milk SO long as a. or -
hours. As has been SO repeatedly ad.
Flsed by writers on this subject.
We began packing some butter in
brine IN the granular state, Just As it
comes from the Churn without par
acle OF sailing. 1t is entirely free OF
milk, as the washing IS begun when
NE butter IS very line. and Is gathered
N the brine. IL takes - pounds OF
mhk tthree gall0nsl 10 make one
1 pound OF butter; aud when dealers
. begin 10 talk less than y cents for bat.
YER, teight cents gallon for the milk
US about time 90 call halt, As the
Balance is likely to come up on the
edger on the wrong side. This gran.
ular butter will not be worked OF salted
until demanded for consumption. The
brine will need 60 be changed once as
The butter will take up part Ut the
ait and weaken the brine. | think We
viii be able to keep this at 50 degrees,
and, Il We can 10 -, | have great con
edence IN the belief that this viii come
|, cut sweet as nut year old. Il
kept that long.
think the deep blowing Of hops is
Important, so much 50 lhat We are
blowing ali the fields with double
lFHHsN aRA h.A D.
.sans at work. Fred writes me from
fuyalup Yesterday We piowed three
acres 81 the team There Is oniy one
gay ] can work IL Co avoid cutting on
,Aes and breaking poles, aud this Is
ae way one pl0W With ctev,s fixed
y NORA the same a. a false beam We
PeN ono turrow close mp 70 the pole
> "a hui without touching a pole Wilh
@e harness The cOmuu8 pillow toll
WNs "a opposite direction and turns
seai iargow back slso without injury
~ P0ies a. the OF horse has q fggrow
walk iu, and Il Is just tar enough
away 80 not hit the pole with the har-
-. Then We make another furFow
) s.qaSslte, going same direction. leSv-
hevL"
Aa'S Is al night as Ear as il goes, but
e ahish shouid be made with douSe
%4n also With pillow with Cleyls 90
- same - a false beam" and then
100 would he complete. Here.
|, tAe creamery. We nos only cross
SeNeo the little Dc patch 81 hons with
, -o1e's team bat likewise followed with
Arses, span on the suhsui.er going
aIieea inches ltwAs sgiG work
- @as heavy land, bus so much the
s sss necessity for goiag deep. We
,~4a lot ploW three acres day, 20
~ss, a. se had 90 give The horse
se look Tor ton and a hall e.
acre from this land next Septen,.
Z a, : aave thirteen aaes OF underara3ns
( 10y FGya,rp farms: crgh, 10
. ss hundred and thirty. Here, OF
+ - Creamery farm. NAY lesh. much Of
NJ Aad Is 100 We, 70 p,ow Th!s IS
sreng We may nov ceep. BAT
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